Elon Musk’s Feud With Grimes Is a Warning
SlateElon Musk is the father of at least 10 children. Musk has been called “the tech world’s highest-profile pronatalist, albeit unofficially” by Insider, and it’s clear that at least some of his views line up with the movement’s. The pronatalists, or natalists, as some call themselves, believe that low birth rates—especially low birth rates among the “high-achieving” and “really smart”—is the No. Really: Elon Musk has called low birth rates “a much bigger risk to civilization than global warming.” They also believe that the biological effects of hormonal birth control and abortion—which Musk has linked to the “crumble” of civilization—coupled with a lack of support for parents and families are driving these decreasing birth rates. The director, Dean Spears, an economist who received the grant from Musk, has written about dwindling fertility rates possibly leading humanity to “end with a whimper” and penned an opinion piece in the New York Times last month about the global population peaking in our lifetimes.
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